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1/20 The spirit of St. Louis is alive and well and generous and effusive and friendly and...! Wayne Coniglio and Elsie Parker welcomed us into their home with our first home cooked meal. Cheers to chef Wayne – although he’s a trombone buddy of Scott since their New York City days, he also played bass for our gig at Cookie’s. Elsie is a very accomplished woodwind player and chanteuse of all songs French. Her repertoire is impressive and it was fun to spend time sharing music and a plunge in their local Richmond Heights family recreation center. The pool was refreshing with a huge slide and I went up and down it like a crazed kid, streamlining for speed. Here's a picture of me and Elsie in the middle, and Carolbeth True, who played piano on the Cookie's St. Louis gig.
Cookie’s Jazz! We had a great gig in beautiful Cookie’s jazz club in a charming suburb of St. Louis called Webster Groves.
The impressive Carolbeth True played piano, Kevin Giannino (right) played drums, and as mentioned, Wayne Coniglio (left) played bass. What a groove! Tunes felt great and the audience was receptive. We had some Jackie and Roy fans who liked what we were singing, and I visited with an old friend from Girl Scout daze, Jeannie (Skipper) Rowe. We would have been her guests on the Springfield, MO leg of our journey prior to St. Louis, except that the ice storm had knocked out the power to her entire county.
Halfway through the gig the snow started falling in huge beautiful petals. Trains would slide silently by a few times that evening, seen by the band thru the back window, but unseen by the audience facing the stage, and totally inaudible. A very interesting juxtaposition…
My friend Jeanne Rowe, from my Girl Scout summer days and her daughter Katie were there.
Many thanks to Cookie and Harold Whitfield for inviting us to make their hip and classy club our home in St. Louis. We are very fortunate that Scott has such warm and supportive “cuzzins”, and we hope to return as soon as possible.
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